Fierce Battle Against a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

"Sea God is such a cheapskate!"

"I haven't started my trial, so Sea God won't give me a God-Given Soul Ring. I have to hunt down a Soul Beast myself."

Lin Hao grumbled, his face sour. Beside him, Sea Spear Douluo tipped his head back to stare at the sky, looking as though he had heard nothing.

Xiao Bai glanced around in a panic, afraid that the petty Sea God might hear Lin Hao's outrageous words and punish him.

After looking around for a long while and finding nothing unusual beyond the sea breeze, Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief. She patted her chest and shot Lin Hao a glare.

"Don't say things like that so often. Lord Sea God doesn't like people talking about him behind his back."

Lin Hao curled his lip.

Sure enough, Poseidon's pettiness was notorious. Even Xiao Bai knew it well.

"Tell me what age of Soul Ring you want. I'll pick one from my clan for you."

If anyone else wanted to hunt a member of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan for a Soul Ring, Xiao Bai would have lunged at him and bitten him into pieces scattered far and wide.

But Lin Hao was different.

Lin Hao was Sea God's successor, and his Martial Soul was the Sea God Trident. If she had not needed to protect Sea God Island and her clan, Xiao Bai might even have sacrificed herself for him.

"I want a boosting Soul Skill, so I don't need one from the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan for now. The Great Enshrined has already chosen my target. A Ten Thousand Year Azure Thunder Dragon lives a thousand nautical miles west of Sea God Island. It'll be perfect for my third Soul Ring."

Lin Hao shook his head and explained the purpose of his trip.

The Azure Thunder Dragon was a top-tier Sea Soul Beast with both water and lightning attributes. Savage and bloodthirsty, it toyed with and killed any Sea Soul Beast unfortunate enough to encounter it.

"That creature!"

A sharp gleam flashed through Xiao Bai's eyes when she heard his target.

The Azure Thunder Dragon was so powerful that even members of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan could only flee if they encountered it alone.

Some of her clan had once died in the Azure Thunder Dragon's jaws. By the time Xiao Bai arrived, it had long since fled without a trace.

There was old bad blood between them.

"You're only a Soul Elder. Can you absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

After memories of her grudge with the Azure Thunder Dragon flashed through her mind, Xiao Bai looked at Lin Hao with concern.

"Don't worry. The Great Enshrined has already tested me. There won't be a problem."

Lin Hao nodded. As the young master of Sea God Island, he could draw on almost any resource the sea had to offer.

He had undergone tempering with Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, Sea God's Light, and Tidal Body Tempering. His body was certainly no weaker than that of a top-tier Beast Martial Soul wielder. It might be even more formidable.

His spiritual power was no less impressive. With his Purple Demon Eye at the second level, the Subtle Realm, his spiritual power was on par with a Soul Saint's.

He was fully confident he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Then climb on. I'll let you experience the fastest speed in the sea."

Xiao Bai nodded and transformed back into a massive Demon Soul Great White Shark. She also summoned a ten-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark as a mount for Sea Spear Douluo.

As for herself, she motioned for Lin Hao to stand on her back.

As Sea God's mount, she would not let even one of the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians ride her.

She was making an exception for Lin Hao only because he was Sea God's successor.

Lin Hao did not challenge Xiao Bai's boast. He landed steadily on her back.

A Demon Soul Great White Shark's back was slick, but Lin Hao's control over his Soul Power was exquisite. His feet clung tightly to Xiao Bai's back as though they had taken root.

"Hold on tight! Let's go!"

Once Lin Hao was steady, Xiao Bai let out a long cry and shot forward, leading the way.

The Demon Soul Great White Shark carrying Sea Spear Douluo followed close behind, heading straight into the deep sea.

This was nothing like when Bo Saixi had brought him to Sea God Island.

They had flown through the sky then. Racing through the sea on a Demon Soul Great White Shark's back felt even more thrilling.

The howling sea wind sliced past his body like knives, while the surrounding water became a blue blur streaming past on either side.

A thousand nautical miles was not far, yet even at the Demon Soul Great White Sharks' astonishing speed, the journey took most of the day.

At Lin Hao's direction, Xiao Bai suppressed her aura and stopped ten miles outside the Azure Thunder Dragon's territory.

"Lin Hao, wait here. I'll go catch that creature for you."

Xiao Bai volunteered at once. Against a Soul Beast that had harmed her clan, she would give it everything she had and more.

"Xiao Bai, you and Sea Spear Douluo cover me. I'll face it myself."

Lin Hao raised a hand to stop her and summoned the Sea God Trident. His second Soul Ring, a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, lit up. He activated his Purple Demon Eye, seeming to peer through layer upon layer of seawater at the enormous creature hidden in the depths.

"In Sea God's name, Azure Thunder Dragon, your Soul Ring is mine."

"Raging Sea Waves!"

The world fell silent. The Sea God Trident raised high in Lin Hao's hand suddenly blazed with dazzling light. The next instant, the entire sea began to move.

The calm water churned into a terrifying undersea whirlpool. Then, before the dumbfounded eyes of Xiao Bai and Sea Spear Douluo, the whirlpool hurled out a colossal creature over fifty meters long.

It was a dragon covered in blue scales, with two horns on its head. It had no wings, yet it could fly through the air.

Now the Azure Thunder Dragon fixed its enormous scarlet eyes on Lin Hao, who stood on the sea's surface as though it were solid ground.

A terrifying, savage aura rolled off its body.

"Roar!"

The Azure Thunder Dragon knew who had disturbed its sleep and thrown it from the sea. It roared in fury, then brought a massive claw crackling with lightning down on Lin Hao with enough force to destroy everything in its path.

"Golden Thirteen Halberds, Fourth Form: Mountains Overturned, Seas Upended!"

Facing the Azure Thunder Dragon's furious strike, Lin Hao calmly swept the Sea God Trident through the air. At that moment, the sea seemed to become an extension of his arm. Waves rose at the trident's command, soaring skyward to crash against the enormous claw.

Boom!

A deep, thunderous crash exploded between sea and sky.

A terrifying shock wave spread in every direction, throwing up wave after wave.

"Golden Thirteen Halberds, First Form: Unfixed Storm!"

Lin Hao's calm, steady voice rang out amid the waves. A golden ring of light flew up and encircled the Azure Thunder Dragon before it could dodge.

It could bind a target for eight seconds regardless of the difference in their levels. Even a god could be bound for three.

The Azure Thunder Dragon hung motionless above the sea, as though someone had pressed pause.

Its once-ferocious eyes now looked oddly innocent.

"Thousand Years of Emptiness! Never to Return!"

Lin Hao followed with two more moves from the Golden Thirteen Halberds. With the Azure Thunder Dragon immobilized, the two powerful attacks struck it one after the other.

Bang, bang, bang...

Golden light burst across its body. With sharp cracks, the Azure Thunder Dragon's seemingly indestructible scales shattered and flew apart, and blood gushed from the wounds.